Rapid sea-level rise along the Antarctic margins in response to increased glacial discharge

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 732-735

  Rye, Craig D ^a   Garabato, Alberto C Naveira ^a   Holland, Paul R ^b   Meredith, Michael P ^b,c   Nurser, A J George ^a   Hughes, Chris W ^d,e   Coward, Andrew C ^a   Webb, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER FLOW; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84929339540     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2230     Document Type: Article

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